The Sun. — London, England, 1818-12-18 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS. IFROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TEM DAY. [Morning Chronicle.l The Spanish Mail received yesterday did 'not 'furnish any accounts of a Revolution having actu ally broken out in Spain ; but at tills we are-riot astonished, for the reasons we shall proceed to give. The Mail from Madrid to London usually arrives in 15 days, whereas an Express comes in halt the time. The letters which reached town yesterday from the. Spanish capital are dated the .3d inst. ; but if the Government has received dis patches from Sir Henry Wellesley, which appears to be the general opinion, the Messenger must have left Madrid or the Escurial on the . 6th or 711), therefore, in all probability, hr is three or tour days .before-hand with the post. Sonic con sidereible doubt of any rernark,ible occurrence was yesterday manifested in the City, owing to no ex press having reached mercantile houses, to whom the information would have been so extremely va ludble. ft a popular commotion has, however, taken place in Spain, we conceive !bar the depar hire rut an express, unless covered by an Ambas sador's privilege, mothd have been impossible ; irdeed no. merchant, in such critical moments, would have ventured on the expetiment, and in Sp in commuuications are easily cut off. The 014 additional information we hale gleaned is, that a foieigo Nobleman of considerabr rank had arrived in the Spanish capital horn Aix-la-Cha pelle, with dispatebes to King Ferdinand himself, containing, as it was supposed, a remonstrance Irom the Allied Sovereigns assembled in Congress. On the 3d, we understand that he was still wait ing for ihe result of his mission, which, it was evident, had created a strong sensation at Court, and this had been increased by the public feeling openly expressed at the strange a nd unexpected occurrence. It was understood that he was the bearer of an admonition to the King, urging him to change his measures, and seek a reconciliation with his people. l! is reported that this news bad produced a most electrical ct among the people, and the hotel of the Nobleman alluded to was continually surrounded by an immense con course of people, and the Sovereigns who sent him, as the liberators and saviours of their 1.061111. y, and calling down benedictions upon their heads. As, however, a great deal of demur and dilemma had been evinced at Court, and some apprehensions were entertained that the 1 and his advisers would treat the application with contempt, and persist in their old systems, it is added, that a secret association had been form ed to support a change of measures, and that the persons thus pledged to each other in the capital amounted to 40,000. These are the only parti cid:ll.s of vny authority we have been enabled to obtain. Until half-past four o'clock yeverday, various rumours were afloat on 'Change ; but we could give no credit to any of them. Every body appeared anxious respecting the article of Tuesday ; and that anxiety was increased in the evening by the repetition of a mysterious an nouncement in an article. The Spaniards know nothing but what conies by the regu lar post to the 3d ; we were assured, however, that letters had been intercepted and opened. By some it was said, that Ferdinand VII. had de stroyud himself, and by others, that lie had been murdered. Certainly something extremely se rious has occurred in Spain, though we cannot precisely state what it is. Count Las Casas, we understand, has sent to Lord Liverpool (with a request that it should be laid at the feet of the Prince Regent), s copy of a Letter addressed to him from St. Helena by Count Bertrand, and which appeared in our paper some one since. This letter, it will he recol lected, pointed out in the most feeling terms the unrequired hardships adopted towards the Ft ench by Sir H. Lowe, the indignities Count Bertrand himself was obliged to undergo, and the ill state of health in which Buonaparte then was, front the multiplied privations he was forced to suffer. We can well imagine the feelings of Las Casas on the perw.al of this letter, but from the past in difference shewn to the complaints of the Ex-Em peror and his followers, we are inclined to think the Royal ear will not be offended with the sub ject of his applications. Ilow remarkably con sistent and applicable to the present epoch ar e t h e words of Dioclesian, as related by Gibbon. " it is," says Dioclesian, " the interest of fo►tr Or five Ministers to combine together to decei►e their Sovereign ; secluded front mankind by his exalted dignity, the truth is concealed front his 'know ledge; can see only with their eyes ;he hears nothing but their misrepresentation ; he con fers the most important offices upon vice and weakness, and disgraces the most virtuous and deserving among his subjects : by such acts (adds Dioclesian), the best and wisest Pt inccs are sold to the venal corruption of their Courtiers."--- (Ibid.) [The Times.] A communication of sonic interest to the money market reached Loudon yesterday morning. It appears, that after long discussions amongst the contractors and principal capitalists of Paris, the result of which teas made known to the Duke of Wrllington and Lotd Castlereagh at the Due de Richelieu's, it was agreed between the 'tench and foreign Ministers, " that the last loan should he definitively reduced to 12 millions of ientes, to be paid in IS months ; and that the re mainder of the principal,viz 100 millions of francs, ihould be paid in cash by France herself, in nine months after the time given to Messrs. Baring and Co., which extends the term of final payment to 27 months." We do not question the expediency or wisdom of this new and fourth mmlification of the original bargain, on the faith of which the Allied troops chi!, without the slightest retrograde tnovement or indecision, actually evacuate the French frontier. We are desirous only, that the progress of the thing should be understood. The first agreement was, that the sutras due to the Al- lies should be liquidated within 9 months ; then 12 were proposed on the part of France, and 18 wombs were conceded to her : now a farther pe t iod of 9 additiOnal mor.the is asked and granted. It it be true, indeed, that Mr. liarigg had still in . "possession a Vast pr0p0 . 11166 of the late loan undisposed of, the undertahing of the French Go. vernment to discharge a part of it, woilld, in con seqttence of its severe detireclation, be a great re lief to the Contractor, provided he were thereby wholly exonerated from an equivalent share of his engagement to the Altiti. But to us is seems not very clearly expressed-whether he remains, or not, a collateral security. When we had written thus far, our Private Correspondence from Paris 'came to hand, which fu„lly ctinfirtns are above deviation front the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ; with the addition, that 'the payment of debts to individual foreigners is, as well as that to the foreign Governments, post poned for a term of six months ; not commencing until the Ist .July, 181 instead of the approach ing Jationry. The French Treasury, according to our private letter, appears pretty clearly destined to he the sole security for the last 109,000,000 of franc's, in lieu of Messrs. Baring. We know not from what private letters it could he that a Morning Paper of yesterday gave' such feattul accounts of certain occurrences at Madrid; such as the flight of the King and English Mi nister to the Escurial, &c. &c. We do not mean to describe the Spanish capital .as lulled in imper turbable repose; but we know that private letters in peat abundance, and some of theM from the most respectable and best ilitormi.d persons in Madrid, have been received of so late a date as the 3,1 inst., which speak of no such events es those intimated above; and we are therefore con vinced that up to that date they had not taken place. We may remark, however, that the King goes every winter to the Escurial, nothing is more likely than that Sir Henry Welle,ley may have accompanied' or followed his Maivsty in this his ordinary excursion. On more close inquiry, we have learned that the date of the surposvd flidit is assigned, in some of the accounts, to•the 6th inst., which is three days after the date of the letters of which we have split!). We still, how ever, adhere to the opinion that the flight is imaginary.— (Aid ) Yesterday, at one o'clock, Mr. Hase, Chief Cashier to the Bank of England, made his ap peat ance in the Stock Exchange, for the purpose of giving notice to the parties who had petitioned for an extension of the term for redeeming their, deposits of Omnium, that the Directors declined compliance with their application. This unex pected intimation had the effect of lowering the Funds a half per cent. The holders of Oinnittm twill therefote be compelled to convert it into stock at the regular period. It .is supposed that the quantity of Ontnioni thus pledged amounts to , , ❑early 6,000,0001. Twenty per cent, had been paid before it could be received as deposit, ,and the last instalment, which must always be paid by the subset iber, and is due on the 19111 of Febru, ary, amounts to 20 per cent. The total sum ad vanced by the Bank is therefore 3.600,0001. The subscribers are now required to reimburse this sum in three short instalments : 30 per cent. on the 22d of January, 1819 ; 30 per cent. on the 29th of January ; and the remaining 40 per cent. ott the 12111 of February, seven days before the final conversion of the loan into stock.—(Thid.) [Morning Post.] THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS. The straight line from Carlton House will ter minate with a magnificent pile of architecture, in tended for a public office; This will extend be , . yowl the Crescent, in Piccadilly ; the site fixed upon is Marylehone-street ; branching off with a sweep to the left, as far as Swallow -street, will be a superb double row of unifotm buildings, to be called Regent-street. There will be a beauti ful colonnade on each side of the street, the mo dels of which ate taken from the finest buildings in Rome. The arrangements respecting the improvements to the east are concluded. The north side of Cockspur-street is to come down, and not a house is to be lett in Suffolk -street, or' in any of the alleys adjoining. All the buildings in the King's Mews, except the new stables (those erected by George 11.), are to be pulled down, and one of the fronts of Carlton House will command a view of St. Martin's Church. Government will gain enormously by some of ese improvements—for instance, Suffolk-street pays them the annual sum of thirty-five pounds only, but to the holder of the leases they yield 80001. The leases expire at Michaelmas 1819. SLlDlNG.—Yesterday, at three o'clock, as some boys were amustog themselves on the ice, in the canal, in the Regency Park, they discovered some thing in the water, which they imagined to be the carcass of a dog ; bait by breaking the ice ith some sticks, they brought it to the surface of the water, when it proved to be the booty of a new-born male infsnt, completely totked, which one of them carried to the Jew's Harp public house. It had every appearance of being r ecen t. ly thrown in, and had several bruises on the head. PITEOII3 CliCUMSTANCE.—Yesterday morning young female of genteel address and appearance was found, a t five o'clock, sitting wider ti hedge on the Deptford-road, almost frozen to death.— Pearce; the man who found her, carried her to the Turk's Head, on the Deptford-road, where, by the humane exertions of the landlord, ahe was, after a considerable time, restored to sense and animation. She gave no other answer to the numeromi questions which were asked, than : that she came to town;about Friday las', that she had been treated unkindly by her friends, and that her mind was gteatly distressed. She declin ed stating the name or residence of any of her friends, or front what cause her distressed feelings arose. She refused all sustenance, and, when taken before a Magistrate, persisted in her si lence, and at last went away without communi cating any further purticulars respecting tier situation. 'l'i►e cock(,() was heard by several persons in Cottingham woods, Lincolnshire, o►► the first instant, and its notes were deemed as clear as they arc iu th i g month of May. THEATRICAL. REGISTER. Performed Last Night. THEATRE RovAt„ DauftY-LaNr..—(l3th time), !Indus !m -ein% Junius, Mr. Kean; Tarquinia, Mrs. W. West. After which, Is He Alive? THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT:.GARDeNT..qi St time), A Word for the Ladies : Principal Characters by Farren and Mrs. Yates. After which, IlaAe D'Arnour."' PRICE a STOCKS THIS DAY AT T WELVE owermot. pet Cent. Red 3% per Cent • Btßi ExCh. Bilis, 2d....75. I4s. pr. 4 per Cents. 94} a Cons. fur Accuunt....7tliiii Bank L. Ann..2o 19 15-16tlis MAILS. A RRIYED-A Dublin, I Waterford, 1 Flanderi. DUc-1 Waterford, L Guernsey and Jersey, t Hanibtirgit, I Holland. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning., II minutes after C. I Evening, 36 minutes after 6. THE SUN. ',LEM QUIS PICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1818. The Paris Papers of Toesdny List, which were due this morning, h9ye not H ri iced. The state of Spain, by all accounts, is very cri tical at this moment, and we fear that lamentable events are likely to occur. 'rit e weakness of the King seems to be generally admitted, and the late reg , ilations of the Inquisition, excluding all useful Works of Literature front circulation in that Country, is a proof that the infatuated Monarch is in the hands of the most bigotted advisers. The only hope is, that if a Revolution should take place, it will not be effected by such democratical miscreants as overthrew Monarchy in France, and carried havoc and horror thoughout that un happy.conntry, but by real Patriots,attached to the Throne, but anxious to support the rights of the People. The Spaniards were always a loyal people, and we trust, that though they may naturally wish to check the Weakness of their King, and to subdue the bigotry of his *advisers, they will still be found tw Uphold MONARCHY, the best securit y for the freedom and happiness of a State. We have inserted, among our extracts from the London Journals this day, a paragraph from The Morning Chronicle, in relation to a Letter sent by LAS CASAS to the Earl of Ltrzapoor., to be laid before the, Patscn REGENT, complaining of the hard treatment which the French and Buoma- PARTE had received from Sir HUDSON Lowa The Chronicle, with its usual rancour against ;Mi nisters, hints, that the Letter is not likely to reach the notice of his Royal Highness.— This hint is as silly as it is impudent. Ministers are very properly entrusted with a dis eretionivry power, and they would be unfit for their situation if they thought it necessary to sub mit every, fallacious trash which a mischievous foreigner might write, to their Sovereign. We are persuaded, that The Morning Chronicle does not believe that the Eatl of LIVERPOOL, or any of the present Administration, would neglect to submit to- the PRINCE REGENT any matter worthy of his notice, and of importance to the welfare of any other Stare, as well as to the honour and interest of this Country.— The character and conduct of Sir Hunsom Lowe are well known. He is wholly incapable of exer cising any degree of vigilance and rigour beyond what the security of his Prisoner, a matter of essential importance to the world at large, impe riously requires.—LAs CASAS, The Morning Chro nicle, and the h•rdes of revolutionary miscreants abundant on the Continent, and not a few in this Country, have no reason to complain of Sir HUDSON Lowg, but that he is too regardful of his duty and the happiness of mankind, to give the great Disturber of Europe an opportunity of again spreading desolation over all States, and of shaking the fabric of the civilized World. BRIGHTON, DEC. 16 —The PRINCE ItRGENT, yesterday and to-day, after a promenade on the enclosed Palace grounds, took exercise no h ot , e . back in the Riding-school before dinner. The Pavilion dinner parries continne to be confined to the immediate suite of Royalty. The Wild is still unemployed. The Marchionos of Ilts - riNGs has signified to t h e Chairman o f the Coort. of Directors, her in tention of returning to Bengal, nod that she has selected their ship, The Waterloo, to take the voyage in, lice Ladyship and family visited that ship in the Ease India Docks yesterday morning. Captain A. O'SH A, whose lamented death we have inserted, from The Calcutta Gazelle, w as second son Of ANDREW O'SHEA, of 13,1ker street, Portman-square, an irreparable loss to his most allli cted A Special General Meeting of the Royal Acade mecians took place, on Wednesday evening last, in their Council Room, at. Sometset-place, for the p u rp o se of preparing an Address of Condolence to his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, 011 the death of Ler late INut:sTy. NEWS. ny f DEAL, DEC. 17.—Carne down from the fa last night, a n d s a il e d, the England, REO' Bombay. et Sr. IVES, DEC. 1.1.-:—The schooner G e° y " e Davis, of Plymouth, from Liverpool to 'Pc; put in here the 6th inst. by contrary winds; st n which, owing to very strong gales of wind, op us o heavy surf within the Pier, the vessel bas reccilel considerable damage in her hull ; at present cot certain whether she can be made seaWor ti l with the cargo on board or not. CORK, DEC. 12.—Arrived the Importqr , 031111 port, with the 43d Regiment on board, from tb ; Downs. Sailed his Majesty's ship Spartan; I li his Majesty's brig Foviatt. CLISTONIS LIST. Entered Inwards, I)ec. 17.—Vrow Gesina, LindebOls Weenniae ; Hermina Dorothea, !Cruse, Stralsund; 3 ° 113 :0 Carolina, St:Muck, do. ; Noordstar, Pe Jung, Antwep; , Bain Henry, Southern, Petersburg!) ; Burn , 44.1 Zeethenlv, Ping, Rotterdam. Entered OnttCatds; Dec. ti.—George, Duper, Goveruoi Harcourt, Wil son , J ama iC a; R a n ger , Renting c , Demerara ; Bon Per e , C res t, Marseilles; Sti eatham, side, China; Ariadne, Hamilton, Rio Janeiro, Vi tt°°l 'rate, Trinidad; Herefordshire, Hope, China; Arno , fl‘r bertson, Malta; Matilda, —, Antwerp; Layton, N t ' r g l°' Bengal. ' Cleared Outwads, Dee. 17.—Menai, Davies, Leg l ' a c r : l 4 Stedconibe, Bucher, Cap e o f G oo d H ope; Da"l *- hap; Harmony, Clark, Cagliari ; Orunuoeto, StriCk l3 Bombay. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCILING.E, Dee. IS. Our market continues a b un d ant ly supplied With all Grain, baying had large arrivals boa) of M t lid) and Foreign since Mond. y, paiticularlY Il Wheat, Barley, and Oats, which articles are fLi 2s per quarter lower, arid prices aln'o s t notni °i, for scarce any sales could be efitcted this ing ; White Pease are nearly unsaleable.. articles there is no alteration. SMITHFIELD, DEC. 18. It The 'apply of Beasts at this day' s mar k e t was ung 4a I ,i large, and business uncommon brisk : th e pr i ces for Pr 0; Beasts remain the same as last Mond a y, b u t th e o rdinall l ; scriptions were cheaper. The show o f Sh eep was .tolO b j good, and sales were brisk : the prices fully maintained week's quotations. Pork was cheaper, and in demand' l' t e9 l , was much the same in price as per last.—The busineo Hay Market was by no means brisk, but fine samples of ' O ,l fetched last Monday's price; Clover was in demand , li t somewhat dearer ; Straw was with difficulty obtained 5t week's prices, although few buyers of that article at o °l4 , ► The annexed is a correct statement of the Numbers and P ilCi at this day's tuariiet (I'a shit. the Offal; per Stout of elbs.) Beef •3s. Bd. to ss. 2 , 1: I Veal ss. 6d. to 7 4 . e mum, ..4s. Od. to Cs. 4d. York Od. to 65. CATTLE AT MARKFT. Beaqs , 1'360 Shee' aid Lambs . Calves . 5, 4°° HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD. r 00 ,C 5 0 oto ,C 8 0 0 Clover..k6 0 oto A, 9 straw ,C 4 10 0 tok3 0 (Y UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAAIHRtIDGB, DBC. 17.—At a cangregatiOn Monday last a grace passed the Senate, 10 to tb itt • rize the Vice-Chancellor to en t er i n to neelo tious with the ditkrent parties interested, fo r 1 0 purpose of ascertaining how far it [Hoy " s ot ‘isable Co submit fo the Senate the provisionl,6 an Act of Parliament, which shall embrace r11:0, various objects referred to i n th e re putt Fitzwilliant Museum. John Hallewell, B. A. of Christ College , ` s'l 4: 4 on IVednesday last elected a Fellow or that t tl ciety, on the foundation of Sir Jobn 1 4 110 Sir Thomas Baines. The Duke of Sussex has lately presente d l Society of Trinity College with his pof fil e painted by J. Lonsdale, R. A. Th e picture rof fleets great credit upon the artist a s a composi ti %l and is also a very striking likeness of his f iM i )l ,o Highness it is placed in the great combint . , ( 1 1 room of that magnificent Colle g e, among " 111- members his Royal Highness is enrolled. The Rev. Philip Hudson, B.A. was I. ll t %ve ' e c l6 - instituted to the rectories of Ailmerton with l e r ton near the Sea annexed, and Felbrigg " I V; C. ton, Norfolk, on the present a tion of Alrs. l "' ‘Vindhant, of Ehheres, Surrey. SCONTISII 1 - 10sPITAL.—The Sr. Andrew's 1111; Ilivtrsaty dinner of the Corporation 01 s Charity toLk place at the London 'cavern y-c terday. The company began to assemble 01'10 five o'clock. At halt-past six, the I l t e :MAYOR, as Chairman, accompanied by StewinTh, entered the room, and the C omp " . tl sat down to an elegant einertaiument, en liveiS e by bagpipes and other musical attractions. 11:40 ng course of the eveni, the (Mailman explPirlct. :1 the company the objects of the CharicY, the Secretary read a gratifying report. 0, nutuberr relieved last year iiiiioHtited 3,338, and the sum expended was nearlY `2,;"" pf The sum collected last night seas upwaro6 t. which, though not e‘tititint , tin to ib e ,. tributions collected On other occasions o f ` - , C . teas greater than those collected on occasions P' vious to the distresses of 1815 and 1816 ' Lord COCHRANE'S SICHM VCFSCI, Whi ch V 735 (It' have followed Lim to Valpataiso, not answer the purpose, b ias been aga in ti l ivA out of dock, but her new cons!ruetion allow her to proceed with sufficient 110(1;1; • l i ef , engine has consequently been taken oot ' o y!' and the vessel now lies off' the it'eLl-huu le ' - L ford,—(Glittetb!ny Paper.) but Which iierj 'RC Mentic Inowl, Agent; myself the Si *onsid , state r cc s Xxeter Special tOr a c aDti the tient. 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